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This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.
Adam Osborne

Meaning of "con game" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CON GAME

con game  [kɒn ɡeɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CON GAME

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Con game is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CON GAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Confidence trick

A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group after first gaining their confidence, in the classical sense of trust. A confidence artist is an individual, operating alone or in concert with others, who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty, honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility, naïveté, or greed.

Definition of con game in the English dictionary

The definition of con game in the dictionary is a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler; a shortened form of confidence game, especially.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CON GAME


aftergame
ˈɑːftəˌɡeɪm
aim
eɪm
became
bɪˈkeɪm
blackgame
ˈblækˌɡeɪm
came
keɪm
claim
kleɪm
dame
deɪm
endgame
ˈɛndˌɡeɪm
fame
feɪm
filename
ˈfaɪlˌneɪm
first-name
ˌfɜːstˈneɪm
flame
fleɪm
frame
freɪm
game
ɡeɪm
name
neɪm
nongame
ˌnɒnˈɡeɪm
postgame
ˌpəʊstˈɡeɪm
pregame
priːˈɡeɪm
same
seɪm
username
ˈjuːzəˌneɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CON GAME

con
con amore
con artist
con brio
con dolore
con espressione
con fuoco
con man
con moto
con rod
con sordino
con spirito
con trick
Con-Dem
Con.
conacre
conacreism
Conakry
Conan Doyle
conarial

WORDS THAT END LIKE CON GAME

arcade game
ball game
beautiful game
big game
board game
card game
computer game
fair game
football game
guessing game
home game
love game
name of the game
party game
perfect game
play the game
role-playing game
small game
video game
war game
word game

Synonyms and antonyms of con game in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «con game» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CON GAME

Find out the translation of con game to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of con game from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «con game» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

骗局
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Con juego
570 millions of speakers

English

con game
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चोर खेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللعبة يخدع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мошенничество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

con jogo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কন খেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

con jeu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Con game
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

con -Spiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

詐欺の手口
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

콘 게임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Con game
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

con trò chơi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கான் விளையாட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामना खेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Con oyunu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

con gioco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

con gry
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шахрайство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

joc con
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

con παιχνίδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

con spel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

con spel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

con spillet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of con game

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CON GAME»

The term «con game» is regularly used and occupies the 62.853 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CON GAME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about con game

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QUOTES WITH «CON GAME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word con game.
1
Adam Osborne
This is the ultimate con game - I'm having fun and people pay me to do it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CON GAME»

Discover the use of con game in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to con game and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Con Game: The Truth about Canada's Prisons
As a result of his investigations, the truth is now out – and our penal system may never be the same. From the Hardcover edition.
Michael Harris, 2003
2
Con Game: Bernard Madoff and His Victims
To better understand what Madoff did, who was central in keeping his scheme alive, whom he defrauded, and how they reacted, this work is as invaluable as it is illuminating.
Lionel S. Lewis, 2012
3
The Beauty Con Game
The Beauty Con Game will present the factual and historical evidence that reveals how the second deadliest con game -- the Beauty Con Game -- threatens the survival of all non-white people -- and ultimately, of the planet itself.
Umoja, 2012
4
The Interracial Con Game
This politically-incorrect book reveals how interracial sex is used as a weapon of mass mind and body destruction and what black males and females must do to ensure our genetic, economic, and psychological survival.
Umoja, 2011
5
New Age Man - Con Game Over
Are YOU tired of falling for Mr. Wrong? A guide for quick detection of the New Age Man... the Sex Shark, so you avoid becoming his VICTIM and used by him. Learn the 15 ways guys con women!
Marilyn Marlow, 2008
6
Wicked Game
LATE NIGHT RADIO YOU CAN SINK YOUR TEETH INTO Recovering con artist Ciara Griffin is trying to live the straight life, even if it means finding a (shudder!) real job.
Jeri Smith-Ready, 2009
7
The Spanish Prisoner
This means that all the narrative events were in actual fact building blocks in an elaborate con game that is not revealed as such until the very end of the films. The similarities between this small group of con game films and the broader ...
Yannis Tzioumakis, 2009
8
The Con Game
Sam Harris is an incurable optimist about women and his ability to nose out a quick profit, which is to lead him into much grief when he meets a girl called Ellen, in a tea-shop of all places.
Michael Cronin, 2010
9
Long White Con: The Biggest Score of His Life
Iceberg Slim, best-selling author of Pimp and Trick Baby, brings us yet another riveting classic. Continuing the saga, Long White Con tells the story of the most incredible con man ever to have risen.
Iceberg Slim, 2012
10
Con Game
If you have ever dreamed of getting revenge on the incompetent court system of this country this novel will captivate you.
Stan Singer, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CON GAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term con game is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is Cybersecurity a Scam?
According to John Prisco, CEO of Triumfant Security, the cybersecurity industry is running a con game in which vendors lure unsuspecting ... «The Data Center Journal, Jul 15»
2
Letters: What the Vancouver vote means
If the present leader of the New Democratic Party chooses to tilt at windmills, to support the con game that is “carbon pollution,” it can only be ... «National Post, Jul 15»
3
Meet the Third Force Movement
Meanwhile, in a statement, Independent Liberal Party (ILP) political leader Jack Warner criticised the new party calling it a “con game”. He said ... «Trinidad News, Jul 15»
4
Con artists who prey on the gullible
It didn't take more than a few phone calls and research to find out it was too good to be true and was nothing more than an elaborate con game ... «blueridgemuse, Jul 15»
5
Luciano: Sometimes you just have to take one — or more — for the …
It's a low art, one that can reduce a baseball game to a con game, but an art nonetheless. This came to mind recently during a Major League ... «Peoria Journal Star, Jul 15»
6
Perfect 1907 Murder Mystery Victorian For Sale in Venice
A con game wrapped inside a big scam purveyed by humans of poor character and morals. Invest in virtual estates. Make out like your momma ... «Curbed LA, Jul 15»
7
Will the FCC Ignore Our Complaint? Did AT&T Commit Perjury …
Let us be clear; this verbal con game about broadband extends back a decade+. AT&T (then-SBC) told the FCC that they would be deploying ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Gold And Silver - Monthly, Quarterly Ending Analysis
The elites have been running the biggest con game ever, and it is accomplished by keeping people ignorant. Of what? Where to begin? «The Market Oracle, Jul 15»
9
Raghuram Rajan and the economists' con game
In April earlier this year, prime-minister Narendra Modi praised the ability of Raghuram Rajan, the governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jun 15»
10
Positive Thoughts. Positive Thoughts. Positive Thoughts.
I told myself to think that he means it and that it's not another Jed Hoyer con game. I like to think that A.J. Preller isn't the next GM of the Atlanta ... «Gaslamp Ball, Jun 15»

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